USB Memory / Flash Drive Free Icons | Vector Assets

Carrying Data in Your Pocket, “Mobile Storage” Free Material

An icon of a stick-type USB flash drive that everyone has used at least once. The convenience of being able to physically carry huge amounts of documents and photo data saved on a small device has not faded even in today’s cloud-dominant era. It is utilized in a wide range of scenes as an item symbolizing mobility and certainty, such as “handing over important data directly” or “working in a place without an internet connection.”

Specific Usage Scenes and Suggested Applications

This material conveys the importance of physical tools supporting digital life, from data delivery in business to PC troubleshooting.

• For “Data Delivery / Submission” Guidance for Creators and Sales Reps: Ideal as an icon when guiding that “data can also be delivered on a USB flash drive” in a company’s submission guide or a designer/photographer’s portfolio site. By showing that physical media is an option even for clients with high security levels who cannot use file transfer services (cloud), you can appeal a flexible attitude that does not miss business opportunities. It also leads to producing a sense of trust saying, “We will reliably deliver your important deliverables from hand to hand.”
• For “External Memory Use” Guides for Convenience Store Prints and Multi-function Printers: As a diagram showing the procedure to “Please insert a USB flash drive” on the operation panel of a multi-function printer in an office or a multi-copy machine in a convenience store. Printing via smartphone apps is increasing, but the simplicity of “just plugging it in” is a strength of USB flash drives in emergencies or when outputting a large number of PDFs. By showing this shape recognized by people of all ages and genders, you support them to print out smoothly without hesitation.
• For Explanations of PC “Recovery Drive / OS Installation” Procedures: In articles on tech blogs explaining how to clean install a new OS or “recovery (initialization)” procedures when a PC is acting up. CD/DVDs used to be mainstream, but now USB flash drives are the stars of “rescue tools.” Using it as an icon to prompt preparation saying, “Let’s make this USB just in case,” can raise the user’s risk management awareness.
• For “Physical Key (Dongle)” Expressions for Security Software and VPNs: It can be used as a metaphor indicating a “hardware token (security key)” to prevent unauthorized access to a PC or a “dongle” to start specific software. It visualizes the strong security measure of protecting information that cannot be protected by passwords alone with a physical key (USB). It helps to appeal the high level of security and confidentiality of the service by expressing the exclusivity that “it will not start unless you plug this in.”
• For the Image of Producing Corporate “Novelties / Souvenirs”: In catalogs of sales promotion companies that produce USB flash drives as materials distributed at exhibitions or original goods with the company name. It is popular as a highly practical novelty item alongside ballpoint pens and memo pads. Adding text like “LOGO” to the main body of this icon (*editing required) makes it easier to imagine the name printing, stimulating the orderer’s purchasing motivation. It is a material that reinforces the sales pitch, “Let the customer take your company’s information home in their pocket.”

Editing Tips and the Merits of the EPS Format

Completely free for both commercial and personal use. In addition to PNG and SVG that can be used immediately on the web, EPS data that is easy to process according to the design is also available as a set.

By utilizing the EPS format (vector data), you can freely dress up the design of the main body. Using software like Adobe Illustrator, you can refine details such as removing the cap to show the “in use” state, or adding a strap hole or chain to the end.
Also, it is recommended to express the active state of “Data Transferring” by processing the body color to look like “skeleton (translucent)” to show the circuit board, or adding an effect where the access lamp flashes brightly.